NEMESIS - Misha Glenny
His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous
favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to
make a decision that would turn his world upside down.
Nemesis
is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum
in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted
criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground
of gang culture and destitution, while everyone around him drew guns and
partied. It’s a gripping tale of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors,
bent police and rich-kid addicts, quixotic politicians and drug lords
with maths degrees.
This
is also the story of how change came to Brazil.
For the cover, Nem was redrawn from an existing photograph supplied by Agencia O Dia in Brazil, with the typestyle was influenced by favela grafitti.
Nemesis is published this month by The Bodley Head.
